casuistry

Word Type

a.

casuistry Meaning Definition

The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the application of general moral rules to particular cases.

Synonyms for casuistry

Christian ethics,Stoicism,aesthetics,altruistic ethics,apologetics,apologia,apology,apparent soundness,aretaics,argument,argumentation,axiology,bicker,bickering,categorical imperative,circularity,comparative ethics,contention,controversy,cosmology,crossed fingers,deception,deceptiveness,defense,delusion,deontology,disingenuousness,disputation,dispute,distortion,egoistic ethics,empiricism,emptiness,epistemology,equivocalness,equivocation,ethical formalism,ethical philosophy,ethics,ethology,ethonomics,eudaemonics,evasive reasoning,evolutionism,fallaciousness,fallacy,first philosophy,flyting,gnosiology,golden rule,hassle,hedonism,hollow mockery,hollowness,hubbub,insincerity,intuitionism,jesuitism,jesuitry,litigation,logic,logomachy,mental philosophy,metaphysics,misapplication,mockery,moral philosophy,mystification,obfuscation,obscurantism,ontology,oversubtlety,paper war,passage of arms,perfectionism,perversion,phenomenology,philosophastry,philosophic doctrine,philosophic system,philosophic theory,philosophical inquiry,philosophical speculation,philosophism,philosophy,plausibility,plausibleness,polemic,polemics,rationalization,rhubarb,school of philosophy,school of thought,science of being,set-to,situation ethics,sophism,sophistical reasoning,sophistication,sophistry,special pleading,speciosity,specious reasoning,speciousness,spuriousness,subtlety,theory of beauty,theory of knowledge,tongue in cheek,uncandidness,uncandor,unfrankness,utilitarianism,value theory,verbal engagement,vicious circle,vicious reasoning,war of words,wrangling

Synonym Search Links for casuistry

Christian ethicsStoicismaestheticsaltruistic ethicsapologeticsapologiaapologyapparent soundnessaretaicsargumentargumentationaxiologybickerbickeringcategorical imperativecircularitycomparative ethicscontentioncontroversycosmologycrossed fingersdeceptiondeceptivenessdefensedelusiondeontologydisingenuousnessdisputationdisputedistortionegoistic ethicsempiricismemptinessepistemologyequivocalnessequivocationethical formalismethical philosophyethicsethologyethonomicseudaemonicsevasive reasoningevolutionismfallaciousnessfallacyfirst philosophyflytinggnosiologygolden rulehasslehedonismhollow mockeryhollownesshubbubinsincerityintuitionismjesuitismjesuitrylitigationlogiclogomachymental philosophymetaphysicsmisapplicationmockerymoral philosophymystificationobfuscationobscurantismontologyoversubtletypaper warpassage of armsperfectionismperversionphenomenologyphilosophastryphilosophic doctrinephilosophic systemphilosophic theoryphilosophical inquiryphilosophical speculationphilosophismphilosophyplausibilityplausiblenesspolemicpolemicsrationalizationrhubarbschool of philosophyschool of thoughtscience of beingset-tosituation ethicssophismsophistical reasoningsophisticationsophistryspecial pleadingspeciosityspecious reasoningspeciousnessspuriousnesssubtletytheory of beautytheory of knowledgetongue in cheekuncandidnessuncandorunfranknessutilitarianismvalue theoryverbal engagementvicious circlevicious reasoningwar of wordswrangling